How to combat the real problems/challenges of life?

It is about 11 p.m., I am in Rishikesh, sitting on the bank of the river-Ganges. The light coming from the lamp post is making the night visible. The whole ambience is shrouded with the thunder of the strong flow of the water current. I am amused to watch the strong gorge of water current. As more it roars outside, stronger it creates silence inside. As strongly water gushes ahead, I also turn into a flow backward. The trail of memory is flowing out from past to present. The recurring of past is flowing out one by one from the forgotten core of mind to the known realms of present perception. How far the life has flown out! Past was a long trail of crisis, struggle, and cry in which a few laughter and hopes were embedded between here and there.

When I see back in my past life, how many moments there were when I craved for something and that thing was out of my reach. When I achieved those things, my life was marooned with bigger expectations. And so on life continued. I craved for more money, comfortable luxurious life, stable career, better relationship with all family members, and so many other things.

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I was so absorbed in the struggle of my life that I never had clear perception of the very struggle. Even I am sitting still today, those recurring pop up and flow out illuminating on the dark surface of flowing water. Looking back at those moments of pain, or joy, I feel that the man who faced these moments of pain and joy was totally different than who and what I am now. Worldly developments take place at the periphery of the existence while the core remains unattached and unaffected. Since we are associated with the periphery of our existence most of the time, hence we get affected by the outside developments. This association with the periphery of our existence happens because of our low level of consciousness. When we transcend to the higher level of consciousness, we shift from periphery to core. When we are established in our core i.e. self- awareness, then no problem of the outside world is our problem. We remain unaffected from the outside world and the inherent bliss of core keep seeping though our real existence. Only this is the real solution of all superficial problems that exists outside of our being. Our actual problem is not those problems that exist outside of our being; rather our actual problem is that we exist outside of our being most of the time and happen to associate ourselves with those outside problems.

Some of the rationalists may think that this is an ostrich approach; but the verbal logic does not explain the real situations of life all the time. Through verbal logic you can solve only small problems of life. But in our actual life, we encounter some such vital problems that challenge very our own existence. Such problems demand wisdom and experience of life to solve the problems. Through just theoretical approach we cannot solve the vital problems of life. In actual life there are some situations when you, despite of all logical options to solve the problems, you are unable to solve your problems. Basically there are so many inherent factors that remain undercurrent and invisible. Since, we are unaware of these factors, so we are unable to solve these problems. As these undercurrent factors change, the problem disappears. Even if you are aware of these factors, since these factors are not there because of you, so you can’t change them on your own. The factors causing problems originate because of outside and other reasons, so you can’t eradicate those factors in order to solve problems.

Let us take some of the real problems of life. You are married, but the wavelength of your spouse does not match with yours. The difference in the basic approach often leads to the domestic altercations. The continuous dispute has poisoned your life, now how will you solve this problem? Your spouse is not capable of understanding you at all? You both will keep trying to change each other, but nobody will succeed. Separation may be one of the solution, but is it really so easy? You have to think of your children, your parents, and your society etc. Even if you separate, the separation will really bring peace and happiness in your life? I doubt.

Sometimes, a solution seems to be a solution, but in fact it is not a solution. The so apparent solution may bring a cosmetic change outside, but the question is whether it brings a permanent solution? If solution brings a temporary change outside, it is not a solution. If a solution brings a change in your inner being, and your natural permanent being which nature has designed, then it is a real and permanent solution. Always remember one thing – the actual solution of all vital problems of life lies inside of your being, not outside. The actual solution establishes you in the core of your existence. Since most of the problems have its origin in mind, so till you are possessed and governed by your mind, you can’t come out of your problem. When one problem disappears, another will appear. And this way, you will remain affected with one or the other problem throughout your life. So the actual solution is to transcend the domain of your mind so that you should possess your mind, not the other way round. This is possible only when you evolve to higher consciousness. In the state of super-consciousness, you become a rational human being; otherwise you remain a living mechanical system, controlled and regulated by your mind. In this state, you don’t exist, only your problems exist. When you are conscious, highly conscious, you are attuned and merged with the whole existence. Problems arise because you are confined to your apparent fragments, when you are total, there is no problem at all. This totality of existence is possible only through higher consciousness. So, the problem of our world may be innumerable, but solutions of all problems are just one i.e. super-consciousness.